Renovation of the castle walls at Šance on the castle hill

9. Jul 2018
For the Ljubljana Urban Municpality we are rehabilitating the south-eastern part of the walls at Šance on the castle hill.

The company VG5 is renovating the monument-protected building of the architect Jože Plečnik. Works performed at Šance under the supervision of ZVKDS (Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia) Ljubljana and the investor:


- Rehabilitation of brick arches and floor surfaces in wall niches by replacing dilapidated bricks


- Rehabilitation of walls - stone walls with systematic injection of liquid cement bonder


- Cleaning / sandblasting of the wall railings and repainting of the steel railings


- Cleaning and rehabilitation of stone walls and walking surfaces


- Demolition of stairs on the walls and construction of new terrazzo stairs according to the original plans of arch. Plečnik


- Removal of stone balcony railings on the wall and construction of a new stone balcony balustrade according to the original plans of architect Plečnik.

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